Chapter 662: House of Cards

"The mobile phone launched by Fanhan Mobile Technology uses the six-ear system developed by Rebirth Technology, which brings us a new mobile phone experience!"

"Fanhan Mobile has reinvented the phone, and compared with the mobile phone, the current mobile phone is so not 'smart'."

"The compatibility of the six-ear system is amazing, and Rebirth Technology has been invited to cooperate with many mobile phone manufacturers."

"Citizens shouted: We want WIFI, not WAPI!"

"Lift the ban on Pan Han Group, we have to choose the products we like!"

As time passed, not only some ordinary glamorous fans began to protest, but even some large corporations in the United States began to exert their influence in Congress.

Motorola sees an opportunity to return to the mainstream, network providers see the need to increase network bandwidth, and even the entire U.S. semiconductor industry has made its voice heard.

The Americans have shed too much blood in China in recent years, and Cisco and the Intelligence Committee for Cisco have become public enemies.

The Pan Han Group has completely withdrawn from the United States, and even the Six Ears Fund has liquidated its shares. In this context, there is no need for Pan Han Group to be afraid of US patents.

There are many cases of playing on the sidelines, or even simply infringing on the rights.

For example, the Great Wall Group wanted to conduct research in this area before, one was trapped in cost, and the other was that there was no patented technology.

After cooperating with Fanhan Group, there is no problem in terms of cost, and a little leakage in the trillion plan is enough for the R&D expenses of the Great Wall Group. Without considering patents, Great Wall Group simply based on hard disk manufacturers such as Seagate and Western Digital. Continue to develop new technologies.

It's a big deal if you come to sue me, and you can sue me casually in China. Great Wall's products are also not exported to the United States. If you get on the thief ship of the Pan Han Group, you will naturally have to fight the Americans to the end.

But American companies can't. After the Chinese patent was registered in the United States, the patent management environment in the United States was much stricter than that in China.

And TI's environment is not good, Panhan Group holds the patent for the six-arm helical antenna, which can now be said to have completely unified the radio frequency standard of mobile phones. Once the RF module business is gone, it will hurt TI. Coupled with the industrial CNC chips, the strong rise of China's CNC machine tools in recent years has hit the demand for CNC chips too much.

The business of RF modules and industrial control chips has plummeted, and TI simply feels like it can't hold on.

Such a two-pronged approach, coupled with the fact that Americans have to avoid Chinese patents in the research and development process. However, many companies in the Chinese market are blatantly using the patents of American companies.

Almost all U.S. semiconductor companies can't stand such unfair competition.

To keep Cisco alive in the U.S. market, U.S. companies face tens of billions of dollars in losses in Chinese mainland every year. Which company doesn't feel distressed in the heart?

So taking advantage of this opportunity to charm the mobile phone, they also moved in the Congress.

"Our next-generation phones have to adopt the mode of the charm phone."

"This is impossible, we don't have the right to use the six-ear system, and many of the technologies are the patents of the Panhan Group, and even the patents for full-screen mobile phones are theirs."

"Then we will simply infringe, in short, we must develop our own charm mobile phone."

"The U.S. holder of the patent in question will take us to court."

"We can call in a lawyer from DLA Piper. We don't have to be afraid of them in the U.S. lawsuits. ”

"With all due respect, even then, our phones won't sell. Unless we ditch the WAPI standard, except for government affiliates. Otherwise, there are no vendors using the WAPI standard at all. THEY PREFER TO USE WIFI TECHNOLOGY IN PRIVATE, BECAUSE THE PRODUCT RESOURCES IN THIS AREA ARE MUCH RICHER THAN WAPI. But the government will not agree to this, let alone we will not pass the WIFI Alliance certification at all. ”

"What then. Mr. Edward, what should I do if you sue me? ”

Edward, the president of Motorola, took a deep breath. He looked at Councillor Underwood with a stern look in his eyes and said seriously, "Reconcile." We have to reconcile with Pan Han Group and return to normal competition. The United States no longer blocks Panhan Group's products, and Panhan Group no longer blocks American companies from the market in Chinese mainland. ”

Edward angrily lowered his voice and shouted: "Councillor Underwood, do you know the output value of the semiconductor industry in Chinese mainland last year, and the benefits that the entire Pan-Han Industry Alliance obtained from it?" These were supposed to be American companies, but TM's damn Cisco ruined this qiΔ“! ”

"I know that number."

It was TI President Angie Bo who came over, and he and Edward were both prepared today.

"This year is already certain that it will be the year of the largest trade deficit between the United States and China. U.S. imports from China reached $76.9 billion in the first two quarters, while U.S. exports to China amounted to a measly $14.4 billion. Of the $14.4 billion, the semiconductor industry, which should have been an advantageous industry, has only $800 million in transactions. ”

He shook his thighs, zipped up the water gate, and continued: "But do you know the business performance of Dream Group, China's largest desktop computer assembly company, in the first half of the year? 11.5 billion Hong Kong dollars, that is, about 1.5 billion US dollars, this is just the sales volume of a brand computer company. Of the 1.5 billion, $1 billion should have been our American company. But now, it all went into the hands of the Pan Han Group and his industrial alliances. Look at our country againβ€”"

"TMD: U.S. soybean exports have reached $1.4 billion, are we an industrial country? Shit, for the first time, I met industrial countries with trade deficits that export agricultural products and import industrial products on a large scale. ”

"Councillor Underwood, this situation will not change anymore. Isn't it reasonable that you're the whip of the Republican Party to examine the motives of those people on the Intelligence Committee for proposing bills? ”

"Mr. President, thank you for trusting me so much." Councillor Underwood picked up his briefcase, thought for a moment, and said, "I'll discuss this with Mr. President." ”

"Thank you, thank you, Councillor Underwood."

The United States is surging with emotion, but China, on the other side of the ocean, has suddenly quieted down at this time.

The streets are sparsely populated, and the malls, markets, and squares are silent, even on Saturday and Sunday afternoons.

If Chinese movies had the theme of apocalyptic movies, now they can simply set up cameras on the streets to capture the atmosphere of the apocalypse.

This qiΔ“ all stems from a term that suddenly appeared: SARS.

The SARS epidemic swept the whole world, and China had entered a state of martial law at this time. Schools are closed, factories are closed, markets are closed, and people in the city are hiding in their houses and can't go anywhere.

But this is only a superficial calm, and under this calm water, a revolution is sweeping across the land of China.

"Taobao?"

"What's that? Shopping online? Don't you shoot when you meet a scammer? ”

"What if you don't, do you want to risk going to the market to buy something? Watch out for SARS! ”

Such conversations have been repeated across China, and Taobao has become the go-to choice for people shopping during the pandemic. Online shopping, with the help of the special period of SARS, suddenly entered the life of Chinese.

And, it seems, buying something online is not as difficult and unreliable as it seems.

On the contrary, the huge variety of products and low prices easily conquer all users.

"Taobao's turnover in June is even higher than that of last year." Niu Xing waved the text in his hand and said excitedly: "We will change the lives of Chinese and change the way of doing business in China!" ”

"Well, I think we did." Pang Zhou nodded lightly and looked at the number in his hand.

He has not encountered a similar situation, whether it is the United States or China, Internet companies have always grown very rapidly. High growth and unrivalled prospects, that's what fascinates.

Not to mention, two years after Rebirth Technology launched Six-Ear Search, it launched a bidding ranking business across the country, and its operating income that year was only 3 million yuan. But last year, that is, in 2002, the annual operating income reached 50 million yuan.

Similarly, Taobao's transaction volume in 2002 was only 67 million, which was only 1.2 times that of June 2003.

Taobao is conquering China.

"However, I heard that you are preparing to accept investment from Masayoshi Son and Yahoo?" Pang Zhou seemed to mention it inadvertently.

A trace of panic flashed on Niu Xing's face, and he nodded: "SoftBank Group is in contact with me, and they are very interested in investing in Alibaba. And Son has a lot of relationships, which will be very helpful to Alibaba's future development. ”

"Good." Pang Zhou nodded.

"If you need a network of capital, Six Ears Investment can do it too. We may be a little unhappy with the Americans now, but this year there will be a turnaround. ”

Pang Zhou's tone couldn't hear his attitude towards Son's stake in Alibaba, and said indifferently: "Son Zhengyi and Fanhan Group used to be close partners, Alibaba can be China's e-commerce leader, but it would be better for the search engine market to let Rebirth Technology do it, right?" ”

"Don't get involved in Google and Yahoo, it's not good for Alibaba."

Others don't know, but Zhou Shuo still remembers. After making money on Taobao, Jack Ma bought Yahoo China, but he once wanted to enter the search engine market.

It's not that I'm afraid that he has competed for the six-ear search, but I don't want him to make trouble for the Rebirth Technology at this time. (To be continued......)